The second letter that was printed was very good. Unfortunately, when people name-call, as in the examples Moroney gave in his rebuttal, they simply give the writer more fodder to support his argument. His response made it appear that only obnoxious and rude people support breastfeeding--in public.

Everytime, this "issue" is raised, it makes me cringe--makes me feel like we are making no progress at all--why are we discussing "breastfeeding in public" anyway? We don't discuss "breathing in public" or "eating in public". We need to get to the point where there is no "breast"feeding, there is only feeding. We don't refer to other mammals as "breast"feeding or "teat"feeding or whatever. There is only feeding or nursing. I think this is really a situation where our own terminology is working against us. It is typical when a mother pulls out a bottle to say she is "feeding the baby", but when a mother lifts her shirt, she is "breastfeeding the baby". Which one sounds like the norm?

Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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